The Crystal Dragon battle rages on: Trigger took a hell of a hit with this one but because of the hearty ability... he is actually still standing. By 5hp. The exact amount he regenerates with each battle post. (I find that a little hillarious.) He's helping shield half Orc Apirka here, she's an air wielder and likely he's hoping that she can help fend off some of the crystal shards flying around thanks to the Crystal Dragon's roar. My tablet pen is a bit cranky so I kinda did a minimalistic go through this time.

We've made it through the first decade! Today's palette is from a Russian (I believe) ballet costume design from 1910. I really did want to use this palette to work on some interesting color work! I really did! But I had to play around with it a little by setting each one as a background and seeing how the tones shifted on the rest of them, and as soon as I noticed that that dark yellow-orange read more as a flesh tone against the lighter orange? All I saw was Wally West as Kid Flash. So fanart! It's not as adventurous color-wise as I wanted it to be, but I'm proud of myself for considering the way the colors look layered on top of each other. I'm proud of myself for finding a reference photo of a sprinter that forced me to draw hands. And I also got to play around with some other brushes trying to find the right look for the speed blur. Also, like, the Flashes especially have a look that really lends itself well to this minimalist style, which was a boon given the really limited palette. It also forced me to really take into consideration the shapes of the runner's muscles in the reference photo, and then how to alter them to make them look "right" without any outlines or shading. That right-most arm really gave me some trouble, I ended up having to redraw it a few times, but I'm really happy with how it all came out.

Promo art I did for my (Now closed out.) crowdfunding campaign. I wanted to have a little fun and make it somewhat resemble a minimalist movie promo banner. The drawing itself is traditionally done, but the background is digital. Not sure if I should tag this as gore or NSFW since the blood is kinda abstracted, stylized... whatever you call it.

Simplistic vector art of the Traveler, the mysterious protagonist of the hit game, "Journey". An attempt at a more "minimalist" style. (Drawn 2020) Character art created via pen and ink illustration, scanned, then drawn in Adobe Illustrator CS6.

Today's color palette comes from a German Red Cross poster from 1914. Are you excited? I'm excited. It's less to do with the palette, though something about it does really appeal to me somehow. Let me bring you on a bit of a journey. The other day, I was watching Disney's Paul Bunyan, which if you've never watched it or haven't watched it in a while, I highly recommend it [for the backgrounds alone](https://3ofpents.tumblr.com/post/725366629406490624/the-backgrounds-of-the-old-paul-bunyan-cartoon-are). They're a classic example of that sort of classic painted, textured minimalist mid-century style. They reminded me so much of [the travel posters from the 1930's and '40s](https://www.loc.gov/free-to-use/travel-posters/) and as I was thinking about those, I just really wanted to try out the style. So I did! It didn't even take me that long to decide on a subject. I grew up in New Jersey and lived there for most of my life, and the thing that really pains me about cryptid fandom in the lack of love for the Jersey Devil. For those who've never heard of the Jersey Devil, [I explained some of the lore on my Tumblr](https://www.tumblr.com/3ofpents/725503584202113024/100-palettes-challenge-palette-15-greetings). They say that anyone who's spent a night in the pine barrens has a story about encountering the Jersey Devil. So when I thought about what location I wanted to make a travel poster for, obviously my first and only answer was the NJ pine barrens, and I needed to include the Jersey Devil on the poster somewhere. And damn I had so much fun with this! Which you can probably tell, I think this is the most detailed piece I've ever made, and I'm so proud of it. I originally planned to have the Jersey Devil be lurking amongst the trees in a more prominent position, but with the limited palette I wasn't sure I'd be able to make it look right. And I really liked the idea of it kind of photo bombing the poster. There was a little bit of frustration trying to figure out how I wanted to do the pine needles and the texture on the ground. But it was so satisfying when I finally hit on the look I wanted that the frustration barely even registered after that. And the tree textures, damn, I was expecting to be way more frustrated by that, but it worked out so well. I loved the gradient around the moon so much that I added another one to the ground. I meant to play around with some gradients on the text but I forgot. I probably could've added some gradients to the trees too. When I do this again (because I'm definitely doing this again), I'm absolutely going to spend more time with gradients. But god I'm so happy with how this came out, I might just print it out for myself to hang up.

Something bit different, an old school work! The task was to make a minimalist poster for a song of our own choice. I chose CMX's [Rautakantele](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0lqEnDiOhY&ab_channel=CMX-Topic), Iron Kantele. Been thinking of making another piece inspired by this song but let's see if I manage to ever do that. Done 2015

The ridiculously minimalist flag of the Eastern Union, my Eurasian superstate in DYOS. I have literally no idea what it's supposed to symbolize, other than the cool-tone colours might reflect a Nordic heritage. Maybe the white is a sideways 'T' for Thorvald? =P The flag was first seen in the ['09 Christmas Special](https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?p=8757291#post8757291). Prior to then the Union had no common symbol, using the flag of whichever national army was present in a given circumstance; this was duly noted by my characters in an early comic for DYOS XI. The file's dimensions are somewhat small as I pulled it from what I'd uploaded to the wiki; I can't seem to find the original image on any of the three computers I'd've used. I may submit a larger file at a later date. [Originally submitted to DeviantArt January 2012.](https://www.deviantart.com/el-thorvaldo/art/Flag-of-the-Eastern-Union-281513654) UPDATE 3-9-22: [Downloadable vector available in the SVG Legacy Flag Pack!](https://inkblot.art/post/JWxVNSGHI8qCKvuIxXfO)

Thought of a silly idea of a minimalist outfit with belts, and I felt like Melissa would be the one to wear it. Though she might find it's not as easily burstable with that huge booty of hers.

I just discovered Inkblot, I'm a little lost XD I hope I don't make any mistakes with this first post. I hope I don't make too many spelling mistakes, I'm French ------ #conceptartist #illustration #illustrator #drawing #characterdesign #characterillustration #digitalpainting #digitaldrawing #artwork #dessin #drawing #draw #minimalism #minimalist #art #artist #artgallery #artillustration #oc #lofi #sketch #manga

Today's amphibian(s): the prompt was 'minimalist'. I couldn't decide which one I liked more so y'all get both. [ID: A pixel drawing of a frog in black and white, with the frog depicted in rough lines. /ID] [ID: A pencil sketch of a frog's face, depicted in black and white lines over a grey background. /ID]

### First Post? First Post! I've been drawing digitally for two years now but i never tried this lineless/minimalist style and I LOVE IT. I know it's not an "original" thing and many other are doing it, but i wanted to try my hand at it anyway! In my [Ko-fi](insomnialibro.carrd.co) you can request EVERY character you want for a kofi each! So, enjoy this sweet Chisato from LycoReco! [IG: @/librocreates]